Will Buyers Ever Get Smarter?

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Wandering about today looking over completed sales.
Same old things guys paying big bucks for obvious 'Replicas'.
And paying way too much for some mixers.
I commented on another forum that some here may frequent, so this might be a re-post for some.

I can't get over how the Hell S-T-B takes L&S tweeked receiver dovetails and re-parks with supplied repro parts put in NEW STOCKS (all with the same color) then adds their fresh stamps and sell for + or - $3 grand.
It's been years now and guys just keep buying this crap.
Is this where the Stimulus and extra $$ unemployment funds are going ?
Seems insane that everyone knows about the Riverbank boys but none catch on about Ole Sammy.

I also came across a past sale on a WRA 5,7 rebuilt mixer in a SA stock and M4 leather bayonet that recently sold for $3,225.00.
I looked over the 45 bids it had.
Look over the Bid History on this one.
Does anyone get the 'Shill Bid' feeling from this one ?
Seems odd, but IDK.
I just can't believe the final sale price, especially after looking closer and seeing what I believe is the NPM Punch mark near the W stamp on the WRA barrel.

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It was GB # 874215734

Crazy Out There........ Crazy !

CH-P777

Charlie this is a Great Post and needed to be said. I remember the days that just about everyone who collected knew to stay away from Riverbank, but now when you see someone new that have started to get into Carbines and they post one and some even show the parts you can tell a lot of them are fake and even tell you they have found and bought parts from Riverbank and it seems like they don't care even when people post that they Sell fake parts. I think he's selling a lot of parts these days. I've even seen people awhile back buying Sam's Carbines and spending lots of money on them. What has changed nowadays that people don't care or will spend LOTS of money on fake parts. It's Crazy !!!